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“Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.” Henry Mencken quotes
A Republican by principle and devotion, I will, until my death, oppose all Royalists and all enemies of my Government and the Republic. Bernadotte, Jean Baptiste quotes
“I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent.” Edith Sitwell
The government is best which makes itself unnecessary. -Humboldt, Karl Wilhelm Von
Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.- Ronald Reagan (1986)
“A popular Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or, perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: And a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.” – James Madison
In a move reminiscent of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website post on preparing for a zombie apocalypse, the National Ocean Service, an office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has elected to publish a declaration regarding the existence—or, more specifically, the nonexistence—of mermaids. Following a TV program on mermaids that [...]
A Republican by principle and devotion, I will, until my death, oppose all Royalists and all enemies of my Government and the Republic. – Bernadotte, Jean Baptiste
Old government employees never die, they just work as if they had.